Word Origin & History

salacious 1661, from L. salax (gen. salacis) "lustful," probably originally "fond of leaping," as in a male animal leaping on a female in sexual advances, from salire "to leap" (see salient). Earliest form of the word in Eng. is salacity (1605).

Example Sentences for salacity

While speaking, he busied himself in accordance with his salacity.

Salacity once aroused, even in a minister, allows no room for reason or for conscience.